Resumé/CV

Education

Master of Science in Library and Information Science

Featured coursework: Preservation Management, Rare Book and Special Collections Librarianship, Collection Maintenance, Archiving and Preserving Digital Media, Photographic Archives and Visual Information, History of the Book.

Bachelor of Arts in English

Professional Experience

Deputy Issue Manager + Deputy Managing Editor

As a copyeditor at Cell Press, a publisher of scientific research, I have been responsible for electronically processing figures and manuscripts, editing them for grammar and style, querying authors, and preparing corrected proofs for the printers.

As Deputy Issue Manager and Deputy Managing Editor, I am additionally responsible for directly managing (DIM, Cancer Cell) and providing back-up for (DME, Current Biology) all aspects of journal production, including scheduling publication dates; fielding editor, author, and printer queries; and ensuring that all publication deadlines are consistently met. I am a part of the team that manages and provides in-house support and guidance for cell.com, and I perform regular website updates for three journals. I review the performance of freelance copyediting staff, ensuring that their work meets journal standards. Finally, I collaborate with the marketing department to prepare press releases for high-interest articles, design issue covers from editorially selected artwork, and create ad layouts.

During my tenure at Cell Press, I have worked on eleven different journals, many of which have their own quirks and require knowledge and implementation of different procedures and styles. Some of my previous responsibilities in those roles include acting as Cell Press’s printer liaison for articles being published online ahead of the printed issue, laying out articles in Adobe InDesign and preparing source and production files for the printers, and acting as the point person for homepage improvements and innovations for our flagship journal.

Preservation/Conservation Intern

As an intern, I participated in basic preservation-management and conservation duties, including ordering and assembling CMI boxes, pest management, environmental monitoring, and statistics tracking.

I spent a significant portion of my time improving my paper-mending skills and worked with collection items for the following tasks: manuscript disbinding, surface cleaning of silver-gelatin photographs and blueprints, mounting photographs, building custom book cradles, and basic paper repairs (including mending tears and flattening). I also observed numerous other conservation repairs, including cloth rebacking, poulticing, and tape removal.

Book Mending and Repair Student Worker

I independently managed the library’s book mending and repair unit, determining the appropriate repairs, prioritizing completion, and performing all hand work. I performed an inventory of supplies and selected new materials to be ordered. In addition to these duties, I proposed and subsequently created a set of book-repair guidelines for future student workers. Finally, as needed, I processed incoming books (labeling, security strips, etc.) in the absence of other staff.